PS
I should say we ran iPeer for IT support free year...with no major
problems.....it just made me so nervous....that I had no one at all to call
if something went amiss
With the campus system we probably have a couple of small things a semester
that requires IT to step in...seems mostly to be around get the results out
of iPeer and not the student experience
The only big issue we had last semester was that the results when you
viewed them in iPeer were complete...and when you downloaded them...they
were incomplete....it was resolved in less then an hour...but did require an
IT person...this only for some reason involved one course
Jim
> From: James Sibley <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: James Sibley <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:30:13 -0800
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Using iPeer without IT support
>
> I wouldn't recommend no IT at all
>
> With iPeer I ran it with no IT support for a year...after budget cuts
>
> It made me so nervous that I pulled the plug on iPeer service for my Faculty
>
> At that very moment.....the University swopped in...and now iPeer is an
> enterprise system....for our 50,000 students
>
> This summer we will likely be building a BB Learn building block for iPeer
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>> From: "Bridges, Kristie" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: "Bridges, Kristie" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:42 +0000
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: electronic peer evaluation
>>
>> Thanks! We've considered approaches such as these but with a class of 200
>> students I'm afraid it will be overwhelming and error-prone.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>> Of Jennifer Imazeki
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 11:16 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: electronic peer evaluation
>>
>> I use the quiz tool in Blackboard and that generates a spreadsheet similar to
>> what you'd get with a Google Docs form. However, I still have to do a lot of
>> manipulation to that spreadsheet once I've got all the information. The way I
>> set up the survey in BB is to ask each student to give the name of a
>> teammate,
>> give that teammate's score, and then write a qualitative evaluation so each
>> of
>> those responses is a separate column in the resulting spreadsheet. What
>> creates the headache for me is that students don't enter their teammates in
>> the same order so I have to do a lot of cutting and pasting to gather
>> together
>> all the scores and comments for a given student. Since I have more students
>> than Herb (two classes each with 12-13 teams of 5-6 students), it can be
>> quite
>> time-consuming. Some of the web-based tools look quite useful but I really
>> don't want to make my students create yet another account for an external
>> service so I'd be particularly interested if anyone either has an ea
>> sier way
>>
>> Jennifer
>> ****************************
>> Jennifer Imazeki
>> Department of Economics
>> San Diego State University
>> homepage: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~jimazeki/
>> Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Herbert Coleman <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> I don't have "large" numbers (only 6 groups of 5-6 students) but, I
>>> use a Google docs form for students to enter their peer evaluations.
>>> I like it because,... well, I love spreadsheets (so now you know) and
>>> the data is automatically entered and ready for me to manipulate. I
>>> can also quickly see who has submitted their review and who is
>>> lacking. I can tabulate the results and apply the grade weight. I
>>> can also capture the comments to share with the student when needed.
>>> Students are give time in class to go to the lab or library to
>>> complete the assignment or they can do it at home.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Bridges, Kristie
>>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Has anyone used iPeer, SparkPlus or other program for peer evaluation
>>>> with a large number of students/groups ? If so, what were the pros
>>>> and cons? Any recommendations for web-based peer evaluation tools
>>>> would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kristie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kristie Grove Bridges, PhD
>>>>
>>>> Associate Professor, Biochemistry
>>>>
>>>> WVSOM
>>>>
>>>> 400 N Lee St
>>>>
>>>> Lewisburg, WV 24901
>>>>
>>>> 304-647-6223
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Herb Coleman, Ph.D
>>> Dir. Instructional Computing and Technology Adjunct Professor of
>>> Psychology Austin Community College Highland Business Center
>>> 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
>>> Austin, TX 78752
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> 512-223-7746
>>> *************************************************
>>> Don't Think Small
>>>
>>> "Arthur: It would have to be a 747.
>>> Cobb: Why is that?
>>> Arthur: Because on a 747 the pilot is up top, and the first class
>>> cabin is in the nose, so no one would walk through. But you'd have to
>>> buy out the entire cabin. And the first class flight attendant.
>>>
>>> Saito: I bought the airline.....It seemed neater."
>>>
>>> From the motion picture Inception
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAm_Cp3OKik
>>> *************************************************
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